A wild night of weather became the first major severe weather event of the season in south central Nebraska. Severe thunderstorms were responsible for tornadoes, very large hail and flash flooding, mainly east of Columbus to Hastings line. Fillmore County was hardest hit. A tornado in the northwest corner of the county damaged a center pivot. The county Emergency Manager was injured by flying glass after baseball sized hail pummeled his vehicles' windshield. He was treated and released from the hospital that evening. The hail hammered much of the county over the course of 3 to 4 hours. Geneva sustained some of the more widespread property damage. Damage in Fillmore County totaled in the millions. In York County, a tornado was reported south of Lushton, but not damaged was noted. Drifts of golf ball size hail and heavy rain pounded York County as well. 	Flash flooding was reported in York and Polk counties. In York County, the underpass north of downtown was full of water and the Beaver Creek Trails on the west side of town flooded. In Polk County, there were several roads reported under water around 8 pm in eastern sections of the county. Heavy rain of 1 to 3 inches in eastern Nuckolls County caused damage to county roads around Ruskin and Hardy.

Hail in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 17:05:00 to 18-APR-05 17:05:00 (CST)
Location: GRAFTON
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Tornado in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 17:22:00 to 18-APR-05 17:25:00 (CST)
Location: GRAFTON
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

A tornado in far northwest Fillmore County knocked over an irrigation center pivot system on its short path.

Hail in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 17:45:00 to 18-APR-05 17:45:00 (CST)
Location: GENEVA
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Hail in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 18:00:00 to 18-APR-05 18:00:00 (CST)
Location: GENEVA
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 1.5M
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Funnel Cloud in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 15:40:00 to 18-APR-05 15:40:00 (CST)
Location: YORK
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 16:29:00 to 18-APR-05 16:29:00 (CST)
Location: STOCKHAM
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 16:40:00 to 18-APR-05 16:40:00 (CST)
Location: WACO
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

Funnel Cloud in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 19:47:00 to 18-APR-05 19:47:00 (CST)
Location: BELVIDERE
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in NUCKOLLS, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 19:58:00 to 18-APR-05 19:58:00 (CST)
Location: HARDY
Magnitude: 1.25 
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 16:29:00 to 18-APR-05 16:29:00 (CST)
Location: MC COOL JCT
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Tornado in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 17:40:00 to 18-APR-05 17:41:00 (CST)
Location: LUSHTON
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

A brief tornado was reported by local law enforcement near Lushton in southwest York County.  No damage was reported.

Hail in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 21:00:00 to 18-APR-05 21:00:00 (CST)
Location: DESHLER
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 18:37:00 to 18-APR-05 18:37:00 (CST)
Location: GENEVA
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Baseball size hail pounded the vehicle of the Fillmore County Emergency Manager.  The windshield was shattered and glass flew into the eyes of the Emergency Manager. He was able to drive to the local hospital to receive treatment and was released.

Flash Flood in POLK, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 19:00:00 to 18-APR-05 23:00:00 (CST)
Location: SHELBY
Property damage: 50K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 19:10:00 to 18-APR-05 19:10:00 (CST)
Location: OHIOWA
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 250K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Heavy Rain in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 15:30:00 to 18-APR-05 18:30:00 (CST)
Location: YORK
Magnitude: 338 
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Hail in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 15:33:00 to 18-APR-05 15:33:00 (CST)
Location: YORK
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 1M
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 18:37:00 to 18-APR-05 18:37:00 (CST)
Location: SHICKLEY
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in NUCKOLLS, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 21:21:00 to 18-APR-05 21:21:00 (CST)
Location: RUSKIN
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 250K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Funnel Cloud in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 17:15:00 to 18-APR-05 17:15:00 (CST)
Location: GRAFTON
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Hail in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 20:19:00 to 18-APR-05 20:19:00 (CST)
Location: GILEAD
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in NUCKOLLS, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 20:30:00 to 18-APR-05 20:30:00 (CST)
Location: RUSKIN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Heavy Rain in NUCKOLLS, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 19:00:00 to 18-APR-05 22:30:00 (CST)
Location: RUSKIN
Magnitude: 278 
Property damage: 25K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 19:00:00 to 18-APR-05 19:00:00 (CST)
Location: STRANG
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 18:00:00 to 18-APR-05 18:00:00 (CST)
Location: EXETER
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Flash Flood in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 18:17:00 to 18-APR-05 21:00:00 (CST)
Location: WACO
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Funnel Cloud in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 17:30:00 to 18-APR-05 17:30:00 (CST)
Location: LUSHTON
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Flash Flood in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 17:30:00 to 18-APR-05 19:30:00 (CST)
Location: YORK
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Funnel Cloud in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 19:21:00 to 18-APR-05 19:21:00 (CST)
Location: BRUNING
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 19:33:00 to 18-APR-05 19:33:00 (CST)
Location: BRUNING
Magnitude: 1.75 
Property damage: 250K
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 15:45:00 to 18-APR-05 15:45:00 (CST)
Location: WACO
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO

Hail in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 22:25:00 to 18-APR-05 22:25:00 (CST)
Location: CHESTER
Magnitude: 0.75 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Funnel Cloud in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 22:35:00 to 18-APR-05 22:35:00 (CST)
Location: CHESTER
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Funnel Cloud in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 15:58:00 to 18-APR-05 15:58:00 (CST)
Location: WACO
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 18-APR-05 16:18:00 to 18-APR-05 16:18:00 (CST)
Location: FAIRMONT
Magnitude: 0.88 
Property damage: 0
Crop damage: 0
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER